Camila Mendes Quotes
I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am. I'm a full-blooded Brazilian, with an entire extended family of Brazilians, but I was born and raised in the U.S.
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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I've been very active all my life. I was a combat instructor in the Israeli Army.
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I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.
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People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I want to get people to connect to the outdoors.
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The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.
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Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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I just wanted to be like J.Lo when I started. The last thing I want to be is a model-slash-actress. But I love actress-slash-musicians.
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I have more to say as a writer than from behind a wok.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
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I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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Bruises mapped my body from bumping into tables and tripping over curbs while walking with a book in my hand, my eyes focused on the pages instead of the live space around me.
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The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature.
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We want to clean up South Africa so that we can begin to make it more attractive to investors but at the same time to deal with the issues that are impeding growth.
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Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.
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I come from a state with many sound, responsible banks.
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I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am. I'm a full-blooded Brazilian, with an entire extended family of Brazilians, but I was born and raised in the U.S.
